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[7] Design for the side elevation of a house and stable court, 1791, executed in part
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/85
Purpose
[7] Design for the side elevation of a house and stable court, 1791, executed in part
Aspect
Side elevation of a house with an additional wing to the rear and adjoining walls and gates. The house is a two-storey, five-bay building over a half-sunk basement, with corner pepper-pot turrets and a large round tower with a conical roof. The entrance stairs are balustraded and run over a lightwell. The elevation is adorned with continuous plat bands, hood mouldings, machicolated cornices and crenelations. Adjoining the main house to the rear is a smaller two-storey, three-bay block with a hipped roof and corner bartizan. There are two single-storey outbuildings attached to the rear of the house followed by a fenced wall with a pedestrian gate and carriage gate
Scale
bar scale of ¾ of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
(In the hand of William Adam) House of the Bush Robert Trotter Esqr (underwritten in pencil) / (in pencil) Right copy / (verso) no 2 / no 2
Signed and dated
- 30/12/1791
Edinr 30 Decr / 1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (483x307)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Adam office hand possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 5
King, volume 1, 2001, pp. 394, 406
King, volume 2, 2001, pp. 161, 216, 244
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, volume 1, 2001, pp. 394, 406
King, volume 2, 2001, pp. 161, 216, 244
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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